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THE OLD WOMAN AND HER CHICKEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318702
Published by Darton & Co..
Circa
1856.
Good condition.
Embossed red cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. 4 colour plates (with tissue guards) to include title-page. Half title-page states "There is No Such Thing as a Trifle". 63 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Darkening to covers. Foxing to textblock. Grubby fingermarks to page margins thoughout. Musty smell to contents (tobacco?).
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
- CHILDRENS (ANTIQUARIAN)
A YEAR OF COUNTRY LIFE; OR, THE CHRONICLE OF THE YOUNG NATURALISTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318701
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
1st
1853.
Good condition.
Embossed brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 247 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spinea nd corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Cloth scuffed. Tiny binder's (S.Curtis) sticker to front pastedown. Foxing and fingering to textblock and page margins.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- NATURE (CHILDRENS)
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
- CHILDRENS (ANTIQUARIAN)
L'HISTOIRE DE TONTON-LE-VOLTIGEUR
Written by Beatrix Potter.
Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1318690
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1979.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
'The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes' in French. Buff boards with pictorial onlay to front. Colour illustrations. 59 pages. ISBN: 0723220484. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price label beside. Some light browning to spine of wrapper and light foxing to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BEATRIX POTTER
- ANIMAL STORY
- SQUIRRELS
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
L'HISTOIRE DE DEUX VILAINES SOURIS
Written by Beatrix Potter.
Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1318687
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1981.
Fine condition.
White glazed pictorial board. 59 pages. The Tale of Two Bad Mice in French. ISBN: 0723218633.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BEATRIX POTTER
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
- ANIMAL STORY
- MICE
THE BELGIAN TWINS
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 1318685
Published by Jonathan Cape.
6th
1949.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
With an introduction by Rhoda Power. Pink cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned and some light foxing to contents. Some of the b/w illustrations have been coloured in. Dustwrapper is edge torn with some loss, tape repairs on verso. Some slight browning to spine of dustwrapper.
THE SWISS TWINS
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 1318684
Published by Jonathan Cape.
7th
1949.
Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, black titles. 151 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Neat colouring to the b/w illustrations throughout. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
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THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Written by Eric Carle.
Illustrated by Eric Carle.
Stock no. 1318680
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st UK
1970.
Very good condition.
Oblong format. White glazed pictorial boards. Watch as the caterpillar eats his way through the book! ISBN: 024101798X. Some slight wear to cover edges. A few light foxspots and some light page browning to contents else clean, without names or inscriptions.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- NOVELTY
- ACTION BOOKS
OUR GOOD-NIGHT BOOK
Written by Lettice Bell.
Stock no. 2132417
Published by Pickering & Inglis.
Circa
1932.
Almost very good condition.
Colour pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Colour frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping. Top corner of front endpaper has been torn off. A few pages internally have a leaf pattern 'shadow' or imprint, where a leaf has been flattened between the pages.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIBLE RELATED
WILLIAM CARRIES ON
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2132413
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1952.
Almost very good condition.
Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some fading to spine. Mottling to covers. Some foxing throughout, but heaviest to outer page edges and endpapers.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
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EARLY DAYS IN THE BRITISH MOTOR CYCLE INDUSTRY
Written by Eric W. Walford.
Stock no. 2132368
1st
1931.
Good condition.
Card wraps. A Brief History of the Years Before the Arrival of the Motor Cycle Press. Published under the authority of The British Cycle & Motor Cycle Manufacturers and Traders, Warwick Road, Coventry. B/w illustrations. Top 1" of spine has tear vertically and then horizontally. Date in ink to bottom of front cover. Binding is weak - spine is coming away from contents. Some foxing.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
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THE YELLOW MOTORBIKE
Written by Paul Quinn.
Illustrated by Funf.
Stock no. 2132358
Published by Paul Quinn.
1st
1982.
Very good condition.
The trials and tribulations of an AA Road Patrol. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Humourous b/w cartoon drawings. ISBN: 0950781908. SIGNED by author to title page. Marks to outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
MAY YOU BE THE MOTHER OF A HUNDRED SONS
Written by Elisabeth Bumiller.
Stock no. 2132336
Published by Random House.
1st
1990.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Journey Among The Women Of India. Capturing the fascinating, complex and often tragic lives of the four hundred million women of India. Purple cloth spine with gilt title. Orange paperboards. 306 pages includes index. ISBN: 0394563913. Lower spine slightly bumped. Small dent to top edge of front and rear cover. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper lightly creased at edges with tiny closed tear to top edge.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- INDIA